President Donald Trump's decision Wednesday to impose a 30-day ban on most Europeans entering the United States has sparked 'bedlam' at airports across the continent, with some travelers paying as much as $20,000 for plane tickets home.  

Tourists from the U.S., who were left shrouded in confusion by the details of the proposal, scrambled to airports in the early hours of Thursday morning uncertain about how the ban would impact their attempts to fly back home. 

With President Trump declaring the ban would come into effect at 'midnight' on Friday, confusion reigned over exactly how it would be implemented - including how the cut-off would apply across time zones and which routes Americans would be allowed to use to get home. 

Vice President Mike Pence fueled the coronavirus chaos on Thursday by saying all Americans returning from coronavirus 'epicenter' Europe will be asked to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival and be funneled through one of 13 airports, without confirming if they would receive COVID-19 tests or saying where those ports were.